Applications for our second East Africa Accelerator are officially open!
IKEA Social Entrepreneurship and our partner Acumen are on the lookout for social entrepreneurs in East Africa to join our accelerator programme.
IKEA Social Entrepreneurship and our partner Acumen are on the lookout for social entrepreneurs in East Africa to join our accelerator programme.
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Calling social entrepreneurs in East Africa
3 March 2021
Applications are officially open! IKEA Social Entrepreneurship and our partner Acumen are on the lookout for social entrepreneurs in East Africa.
Read the full articleApplications are officially open! IKEA Social Entrepreneurship and our partner Acumen are on the lookout for social entrepreneurs in East Africa.

The business of the future: fair and equal
10 February 2021
Read about how IKEA and social enterprises work on making the business of the future a fair and inclusive one.
Read the full articleRead about how IKEA and social enterprises work on making the business of the future a fair and inclusive one.

IKEA Sustainability Report FY20
25 January 2021
Read about how IKEA faced the pandemic and continued to deliver on the long-term sustainability strategy.
Read the full articleRead about how IKEA faced the pandemic and continued to deliver on the long-term sustainability strategy.

A year in retrospect
18 December 2020
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Read about how we faced COVID-19 and how through it all we were still able to continue developing new programmes and partnerships.

Social Innovation in Paris
9 December 2020
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IKEA Social Entrepreneurship and Yunus Social Business tackling pressing social challenges.

Honey Bees and Recycled Tires receive a new boost
14 September 2020
IKEA Social Entrepreneurship and Acumen Academy to award $50,000 to social entrepreneurs in East Africa.

New partnership with NESsT
5 August 2020
Accelerating social entrepreneurs in Latin America.
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World Refugee Day 2020
20 June 2020
Strengthening support for refugees across IKEA.

Empowering social entrepreneurs in Mexico
28 May 2020
New partnership with New Ventures to improve the livelihood of Mexico’s most vulnerable communities.

New partnership with WWF
21 April 2020
Supporting community conservation enterprises in Mexico.

Coronavirus statement
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IKEA Sustainability Report
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Supporting refugees throughout IKEA
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New partnership with Acumen
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